Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC)
The Alliance’s Scientific and Technical Advisory Committee (STAC) consists of seven members, selected based on their scientific or policy-making expertise. The membership term is three years and may be renewable once.
The STAC`s functions are to: provide scientific and technical advice to the Board and Secretariat; provide technical input to the process of developing the work plan and its implementation; participate in the evaluation of competitive calls for proposals; and help identify potential collaborators for the Alliance and act as ambassadors for the Alliance.
STAC chair
Prof.
Helen
SCHNEIDER
Professor, School of Public Health, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
STAC members
Dr Octavio GÓMEZ DANTÉS
Senior Researcher, Center for Health Systems Research, National Institute of Public Health of Mexico
Dr Karen GRÉPIN
Associate Professor, School of Public Health, University of Hong Kong, China, Hong Kong SAR
Prof. J. Jaime MIRANDA
Head of School, Sydney School of Public Health, University of Sydney, Australia and Research Associate, CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia, Peru
Dr Sudha RAMANI
Independent Consultant, India
Prof. Amirhossein TAKIAN
Founding Director, Centre of Excellence for Global Health (CEGH), Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), Islamic Republic of Iran
Dr Benjamin TSOFA
Senior Principal Research Scientist, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kenya